Report says some institutions partnered with consulting firms that improperly pushed borrowers into forbearance, helping colleges avoid sanctions for high default rates but costing students and taxpayers.

As Republicans seek support for their controversial legislation to update the Higher Education Act, a Pentagon document gives ammo to critics over the bill's plan to end Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

Brandeis University: Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Centre College: Robert M. Franklin Jr., the James T. and Berta R. Laney Chair in Moral Leadership at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University.

Randa Jarrar's case at Cal State Fresno has attracted national attention, much of it arguably undue. Will she be punished? It's hard to say, given academe's unpredictable track record on discipline for faculty social media snafus.